Tarini Prasad Koirala

Tarini Prasad Koirala(1923–1973) was a Nepalese politician,journalist, writer belonging to the Nepali Congress Party. Tarini Koirala was active in politics and was a pioneer of the Nepalese labour movement along with brothers Girija Prasad Koirala and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala in Biratnagar. Later his brother B. P. Koirala and the Nepali Congress party were swept into power in the country's first democratic election. He was in the forefront of the leaders who took part in 1947 Biratnagar jute mill strike[1] along with Girija Prasad Koirala, Yuvaraj Adhikari Man Mohan Adhikari. He was among the six National Congress leaders i.e. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala, Yuvaraj Adhikar, Gehendrahari Sharma, Manmohan Adhikari who were taken to Kathmandu as the prisoners of conscience from Biratnagar via the land routes. It took 24 days for them to reach Kathmandu on foot, and was jailed at a Sundarijal-based prison after completing the walk. He was in active role in and after abolition of Rana rule.

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  1. ↑ Mahendra Man Singh (3 September 2013). Forever Incomplete: The Story of Nepal. SAGE Publications. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-321-1658-5.
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